Rayner urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s as labour splits over Australian model
Angela Rayner has broken cover to urge Sir Keir Starmer to push ahead with a blanket ban on social media for children under the age...
Long-term unemployment climbs to a decade high as Britain’s hiring engine stalls
The number of Britons stuck out of work for more than a year has surged to its highest level since 2016, with small employers warning...
HMRC warns 700,000 umbrella workers over ‘bills of exchange’ tax avoidance scam
HM Revenue & Customs has fired a fresh warning shot at Britain’s flexible workforce, urging an estimated 700,000 umbrella workers, and the agencies and end-clients...
Hauliers, hotels and farms warn they are ‘in survival mode’ as fuel costs spiral
Britain’s rural economy is buckling. Hauliers, hoteliers and farmers up and down the country are warning that the cost shock unleashed by the Iran war...
Goalhanger Ventures opens its chequebook to creator-led media with Invisible Media stake and Backyard Cricket deal
Goalhanger, the production house behind some of Britain’s most successful podcasts, has formally moved into the venture business. The company has unveiled Goalhanger Ventures, a...
Revision Implant lands oversubscribed €4m round to take brain-powered sight implant into the clinic
Belgian neurotechnology business ReVision Implant has closed an oversubscribed €4 million funding round, in a deal that pushes one of Europe’s most ambitious brain-interface ventures...